INTER MILAN'S vice-president Javier Zanetti has explained how he would love the club to sign Paulo Dybala.

The Palermo striker has been continually linked to the Premier League's big hitters, with Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea all tracking his signature.

Dybala may not play for the Serie A outfit again this season after the club's president Maurizio Zamparaini pulled him from the squad to protect him from injury.

The 21-year-old could fetch around £30million, but Zanetti believes he would be the perfect partner up front for Mauro Icardi.

Someone like him would be wanted by every club, and Inter is no exception

Javier Zanetti

"I met Dybala at a game for my charity foundation, and I believe that in these recent years he has shown all of his value,” Zanetti has told the Corriere dello Sport today.

“In this latest season, his progress has been crazy and he has had a remarkable consistency in his performances," Zanetti told Italian paper Corriere dello Sport.

“Someone like him would be wanted by every club, and Inter is no exception. We will make an attempt to buy him.

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Arsenal and Man Utd are eyeing up moves for Paulo Dybala (pictured)

“I am in full agreement with Piero Ausilio and the directors and I like how we are moving. I am supportive, but I love to work in silence.

“Would a partnership of Icardi and Dybala net 40 goals a season? I don’t know about that, but for Serie A they would form a very respectable attack.”

Zanetti also refused to rule out a potential return for Liverpool flop Mario Balotelli.

He added: "In football, anything can happen. Right now we are trying to build a team in tune with the indications from Roberto and the characteristics of those we seek we have discussed before.

“But if Mancini asks for Mario. His form after leaving Inter? I thought that he would find that continuity of performance in order to become an important player.

“He has many qualities and with us, beyond a few games, he often made the difference. It would be good for Italian football if he was calmer and proved his worth.

“His behaviour when at Inter? We spoke to him a lot. He too was disappointed and promised not to repeat certain mistakes. But then, after repentance and apologies, he’d do it again… If he had stayed at Inter, he may have progressed."